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Rumble Ponies Edgardo Fermin, and MLB Players want more games, no more
salary cuts.
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AP
News: Players want more games, no more salary cuts. “A day after Major
League Baseball proposed a sliding scale of salary slashing for a
pandemic-delayed season with an 82-game schedule in ballparks without fans, the
union held a conference call Wednesday that included its executive board,
player representatives and alternate player representatives, the people said.”
Joel
Sherman NY Post: MLB-union tensions escalate, but more is at stake in this
fight. “So if MLB does not play, think of the stain on all the leadership
involved. Think of the long-term financial impact to both sides of being out of
sight until next spring training while driving even the most loyal fans out of
their minds. Think about the opportunity missed to be the first major North
American team sport to play — even if by just a few weeks — to audiences so
sports crazed they are producing record TV numbers to watch two quarterbacks
and two golfers play 18 holes.”
Mets Links:There will always be the folks who blame the players no matter what. But let there be no mistake about it. The blame will also fall to the owners, who seem to have made weakening the union a priority over getting baseball back on the field. https://t.co/v5Gor3rgii
— Marc Carig (@MarcCarig) May 28, 2020
Mike
Lupica MLB.com: 33 years on, Tom Terrific still Mets' biggest icon. Hall of Famer Tom Seaver
mattered more than any player in the team's history.
Mets.com:
Cohen, Rose, Randazzo share best Mets calls. Gary Cohen - Oct. 17, 1999, Robin
Ventura’s grand-slam single; Howie Rose - Oct. 21, 2015, Mets win the
National League pennant; Wayne Randazzo - Sept. 28, 2019, Pete Alonso
breaks the MLB rookie home run record.
SNY.TV:
Mets' Dominic
Smith loves what he sees from Marcus
Stroman's bullpens: 'He's nasty, man'.
Ryan
Finklestein Metsmerized Online: Stroman Trade Suddenly Looks Like a Colossal
Mistake. “Since Marcus
Stroman makes between $10 and $20 million, he would receive 30% of his
prorated salary. For an 81-game season, that would be around $2 million. With
all that being said, it really doesn’t make much sense for Stroman to risk his
health when he stands to potentially land a nine-figure contract on the open
market anyway.”
SNY.TV:
5 outfield prospects Mets could target in 2020 MLB Draft. OF Austin
Hendrick, West Allegheny High School (PA); OF Heston Kjerstad, Arkansas; OF
Robert Hassell, Independence High School (TN); OF Pete Crow-Armstrong,
Harvard-Westlake High School (CA); OF Daniel Cabrera, Louisiana State.
Rising
Apple: Forgotten Mets History: Jason Bay’s
brief time in the Flushing farm system.
Empire
Sports Media: This is why former Mets’ pitcher Bartolo Colon wants another shot
in the majors so badly. “Bartolo
Colón wants to pitch 46 more for the record of most innings pitched by a
Dominican pitcher, held by Hall of Famer Juan
Marichal. Colon has reached 3,461 2/3 innings. Marichal pitched 3,507
innings in 471 games over 16 years.”
Faith
and Fear in Flushing “The Man Who Walked Away”: Jason Fry talks about RIchie
Ashburn.
Centerfield
Maz: Remembering Mets History (5/28/1969) Jerry
Koosman Ks 15 To Set A Then Met Record.
Centerfield
Maz: Remembering Mets History: (5/27/1986) George Foster's
Grand Slam Ignites A Ray Knight
Mets / Dodger Brawl.
Yahoo
Sports: Trevor Bauer calls out Scott Boras for allegedly 'meddling' in MLB,
union discussions.
Yahoo
Sports: MLB All-Star won't adhere to proposed no spitting rule: 'I'm 100% gonna
spit'. Colorado Rockies outfielder Charlie
Blackmon is going to keep spitting whether Major League Baseball likes it
or not.
Orlando
Sentinel: Tim
Tebow Can literally sell dirt in baseball, but NFL sold him a bill of goods.
QC
Times.com: No baseball yet, but Bandits plan for other events. “Space to
social distance is one thing we have plenty of at the ballpark…It allows the
River Bandits to again host non-baseball events such as wedding receptions,
group and business meetings and class reunions, and it allows the Quad Cities
club to open its field to host other events.”
Baseball
Mexico Blog: LIGA MAY OPEN IN AUGUST, MEX PAC SETS OPENER. Cantu said the
Liga is now eyeing an August start, four months after the loop's five-month
regular had been slated to begin. Baseball writers south of the border have
speculated that the LMB would play a 51-game season, but it would be hard to do
that and play a full eight-team, three-stage postseason without stretching well
into the winter Mexican Pacific League season, which is tentatively set to open
on October 12.
Yesterday it was NC Dinos 10 Kiwoom 3. Aaron
Altherr 2 for 3 with walk and an RBI. (Box
Score).
Aaron
Altherr is back in Center Filed for the NC Dinos today and is so far 0 for
1 (Box
Score).
Mack’s
Blast From The Past: Mack Ade – Morning Report – 5-28-13. “Keeping my eyes
on…AA – Binghamton SP Rafael
Montero – Another quality start on 5-26: 6.0-IP, 0-ER, 8-K. His AA ERA is
now 3.08 and it’s 3.03 combined with his one AAA outing. Montero now has 10
starts for the season and the only negative I can find is the fact he has only
throw 59.1 innings over those games.”
Born on
this date:
- Bobby Gene Smith (1934)
- Mike DiFelice (1969)
- Ryota Igarashi (1979)
- Edgardo
Fermin (1998)
Died on this date:
- Wes Westrum (2002)
- Harry Parker (2012)
Transactions:
New York Mets signed free agent Dick Selma on May 28, 1963.
New York Mets purchased James Loney from the San Diego Padres on May 28, 2016.
1989
|
With runners on second and third, no outs, and the Mets
and Dodgers tied at 3-3 in the 12th inning, home plate umpire Bob Davidson
calls a balk against Roger McDowell which scores the winning run in the Chavez
Ravine contest. Dave Anderson is waved home when the New York reliever fails
to pause and make a discernible stop.
|
2008 - In a rare big-name
match-up in A ball,
the Vero Beach Devil Rays beat the St. Lucie Mets, 2 - 0. Pedro Martinez, a three-time Cy Young Award winner on a rehab start, allows two runs in six innings
to take the loss. The win goes to David Price, the
top pick of the 2008 amateur draft, making his second pro start. Price allows two hits and no
walks in six shutout frames, fanning nine. Martinez says: "He's amazing,
that kid."
2010: Corey Hart hits a two-run homer in the bottom of the 9th inning to give
the Milwaukee Brewers a 2 - 0 win over the New York Mets at Miller Park. The homer ends a string of 35 consecutive scoreless innings by
Mets pitching.
2013:The Mets honor Yankees great Mariano Rivera, who has announced his retirement at the end of the year, by
having him throw the ceremonial first pitch before the game between the two teams from the Big Apple
at Citi Field, with retired Mets closer John Franco acting as his catcher for the occasion. However, the night
doesn't end so well for Mo, as Daniel Murphy leads off the bottom of the 9th with a double and David Wright and Lucas Duda follow RBI singles
to turn a 1 - 0 deficit into a 2 - 1 win. It is the first time of Mariano's
illustrious career that he blows a save without retiring a
single batter; it is also his first blown save of the year. (Box
Score).
2016 In the 3rd
inning of a game against the Dodgers, Mets P Noah Syndergaard is ejected for throwing at Chase Utley, in apparent retaliation for Utley's aggressive slide which injured Mets
SS Ruben Tejada in last year's NLDS. Umpire Adam Hamari also tosses Mets manager Terry Collins for arguing his decision, then Utley gets his revenge when
he opens the score with a solo homer off Logan Verrett in the 6th and adds a grand slam off Hansel Robles in the 7th. The Dodgers hit five homers in total as they win
the game, 9 - 1.
Amazing
Avenue: This Date In Mets History: May 28, 2006 — El Duque wins in his debut with Amazins. Orlando Hernandez
joined the rotation on this date in 2006 and Jose Valentin took over as
everyday second-baseman.
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3 comments:
I think the owners' approach (steepening payroll cuts to the costliest players) is sensible, but the proposal the owners offered is far too steep and hence DOA.
It would be absurd for Disney to reopen but fan-less baseball to not happen.
John
You and I discussed this last night on the phone.
I'm araid there won't be any baseball this year and I'm fine with it. I am still excited about the draft, no matter how small it is.... and the free agents signed after the draft ends.
Past that... who knows, right?
Right Mack, who knows. Maybe they will try Tom's March Madness Tournament with all 30 teams for the heck of it.
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